223 results for '"Jason Theodosakis'

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Just when seventeen-year-old Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot more—and who just might...

Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon...

A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one...

Why your political views are more self-serving than you think When it comes to politics, we often perceive our own beliefs as fair and socially beneficial, while seeing opposing views as merely...

In May 1860, Walt Whitman published a third edition of Leaves of Grass. His timing was compelling. Printed during a period of regional, ideological, and political divisions, written by a poet...

Riotously funny, beautifully written, and charged with emotional intelligence, this well-crafted debut investigates the world from the fringe through characters who stray so far from convention they...

This book provides the first historical study of New Deal public works programs and their role in transforming the American economy, landscape, and political system during the twentieth century...

An insider’s look at baseball’s unwritten rules, explained with examples from the game’s most fascinating characters and wildest historical moments.Everyone knows that baseball is a game of intricate...

"Grand adventure stories often begin where you least expect, Iris knows this because she's read them all. However, as a thirteen-year-old stuck in the tiny country town of Bugden, real adventure...

Have you herd? There's a new volume in First Second's STEM graphic novel series: Science Comics: Elephants!Did you know elephants are the world's largest land animals? Male African elephants can...

Nominated for 2024 Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's Elgin Award • One of the Globe 100's Best Books of 2023The follow-up to Guriel's NYT New & Noteworthy Forgotten Work is a mashup of...

A comprehensive and sustained analysis of the development of storytelling for televisionOver the past two decades, new technologies, changing viewer practices, and the proliferation of genres and...

Caldecott Medal WinnerNewbery Honor BookAPALA Award WinnerA story about the power of sharing memories—including the painful ones—and the way our heritage stays with and shapes us, even when we don’t...

"Directors Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu have won the hearts and minds of film-lovers, winning numerous prestigious international awards and multiple Oscars...

This recondite caboodle of glosses panegyrizes the boggles of our palaver.*Words confirm and deny, guarantee and deceive, elucidate and obfuscate.The more words you know, the better you can express...